Name: Trail Mix Granola Bars Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2½ cups puffed rice cereal; 1¼ cups regular oats; ¼ cup ground flax seed; ⅓ cup raisins; ¼ cup pretzels; ½ cup honey; ½ cup brown sugar; ¼ tsp salt; ⅔ cup chunky peanut butter; 2 tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup peanut M&Ms

How To Make Trail Mix Granola Bars

These trail mix granola bars are not just good for breakfast but for snacks too! It’s made with flax seeds, pretzels, and more for a crispy treat.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2½cupsPuffed Rice Cereal
1¼cupsregular oats
¼cupground flax seed
⅓cupraisins
¼cuppretzels,chopped
½cuphoney
½cupbrown sugar
¼tspsalt
⅔cupchunky peanut butter
2tspvanilla extract
½cuppeanut M&Ms

Instructions

Add the cereal, oats, flaxseed, raisins, and pretzels into a bowl. Stir to combine
In a saucepan, add the honey, brown sugar, and salt over medium heat, then whisk until combined. Let it come to a boil for 45 seconds.
Add in the peanut butter and vanilla until smooth. Let the mixture cool for a couple of minutes.
Add to the dry ingredients, then stir to combine. Let cool again, then add the M&Ms and mix to incorporate.
Grease a 9×13-inch pan, then gently pat the mixture into the pan
Refrigerate until it has firmed up.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Take the granola out of the fridge, then flip the tray upside down onto the cutting board. Cut the granola in half lengthwise, then into bars of choosing.
Put the bars onto a baking sheet, then bake for 15 minutes
Let cool, serve, and enjoy!